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Burning Angel

Pages
340
Published
2005
Language
English

Synopsis

Sonny Boy Marsallus, a New Orleans fixer, flees to Latin America when his dealings with the Giacano crime family get too dangerous. Upon his return, he entrusts Detective Dave Robicheaux with a mysterious notebook, hinting at dark secrets from his time abroad. As Robicheaux investigates a land dispute involving a local family and a powerful manor lord, he finds himself entangled with mobsters and a hired assassin whose past connects to Sonny Boy.

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About the author

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James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936, in Houston, Texas) is an American novelist best known for the Dave Robicheaux crime series, which began with The Neon Rain. He also writes the Billy Bob Holland and Hackberry Holland series. His novels have won three Edgar Awards for Best Novel — Black Cherry Blues (1990), Cimarron Rose (1998), and Flags on the Bayou (2024) — and in 2009 the Mystery Writers of America named him a Grand Master.

Characters

Dave RobicheauxProtagonist
Sonny Boy MarsallusSupporting
Moleen BertrandSupporting
Ruthie Jean FontenotSupporting
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